Bowie knife
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David Bowie Is V&A, London SW7 Starts 23 MarchUntil 11 August 020-7942 2000 Venue details David Bowie: An 18in bowie knife … you don't do things by halves do you?
From The Guardian • Mar. 9, 2013
He even uses it as the model for a pike, essentially a bowie knife at the end of a six-foot pole.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2012
Pate loses and retreats, but leaves behind his bowie knife, which then John Brown finds and makes his own.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2012
Another antiquated law unearthed by John Davis provides a $100 minimum fine for anyone who carries a "pistol, dirk, dagger, slingshot, handchain, night stick, sword cane, spear or bowie knife."
From Time Magazine Archive
Even though a big part of Citra wanted to bolt through the door and run from this, she squared her shoulders, stood tall, reached down, and took the bowie knife.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
